How to make simple flowers from plastic bottles

Flowers from plastic bottles are beautiful and original, and the cost of such products is quite cheap. They easily endure any weather conditions and delight the eye for many years without changing their shape and color.

Required tools and materials

Before you start making flowers from plastic bottles, you need to prepare a minimum set of tools and materials so that you will not be distracted by looking for them in the process. The main material is naturally plastic bottles of different sizes and colors. And for the simplest models, you also need to stock up on decorative beaded sayings, as well as wire.

Tools to make your work easier:

1. Scissors and a construction or utility knife.
2. Acetone (nail polish remover) and a cloth.
3. A candle in a sturdy candlestick.
4. Hair dryer.

DIY simple flowers from plastic bottles

The simplest flowers are made very quickly, but at the same time they look very original, especially if bottles of different sizes and colors were used to make them.

Manufacturing process:

1. Remove labels from bottles. In order to simplify this work, you need to use a regular hair dryer - direct a stream of warm air to the label and it will easily come off. And in order to remove sticky traces of glue, you need to use a regular nail polish remover or acetone. It must be applied to a cloth or piece of gauze (bandage) and wipe this place.
2. Measure from the bottom 1/3 of the length of the bottle and cut off. Set aside the rest of the bottle, it will definitely come in handy.
3. Start making petals. The bottom of one plastic bottle has 5 grooves. Therefore, you need to make cuts with scissors along the lines of these grooves. They should be as deep as possible, to the very center of the bottle. As a result, you should get 5 petals.
4. Form petals - for the first time, you can draw the rounded edges of each petal with a marker. Only then take the scissors and correct their shape.
5. Round off each petal - very carefully melting each one over the candle flame. The lines become smooth, sharp edges are removed, thanks to this they can be bent, bent and trimmed. Do not overexpose the petals over the flame, otherwise you can ruin everything.
6. Fasten the middle of the flower. To do this, heat an awl or a thick needle over the candle flame and make two holes in the middle of the product, as in a regular button. Then pass a wire through one hole, put a decorative bead button on it and release it through the second hole. Wrap the wire from the back.
7. In this way, make all the other flowers, they can also be fastened into a bouquet or wreath.

You cannot use cotton pads or cotton wool to remove layers of glue, as the fluff from it remains on the surface of the bottle.

This is how the simplest are made flowers from plastic bottles. By following this simple instruction, you can create products even more difficult, simply by adding a little imagination.